>From the Peri Hypsos of Longinus through formulations by Burke, Kant,Hegel, de Man, Lyotard, Nancy, Jameson, Badiou, and others, where do westand today in relation to this ancient aesthetic category? Is the sublimea "cultural dominant" in a postmodern mediascape of simulation andsimulacra or rather an aesthetic "event," in Lyotard's sense? What aresome other ways to consider the relevance of the sublime in a post-9/11world? Proposals considering any aspect of the history, theory, andpolitics of the sublime as well as examples from literature, art, andpopular culture are welcome, as are comparative approaches. 300-wordabstracts to Gillian Pierce, Boston University, 871 Commonwealth Ave.,Boston, MA 02215, gpierce_at_bu.edu.

The complete Call for Papers for the 2009 Convention will be posted inJune: www.nemla.org.Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA panel;however panelists can only present one paper. Convention participants maypresent a paper at a panel or seminar and also present at a creativesession or participate in a roundtable.